A Bill for the relief of the West Feliciana Railroad company
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the united States of america
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorised
to refund to the West Feliciana Railroad Company the amount of certain duties heretofore
collected on the importation of certain bars of Railroad iron by said company imported
at New Orleans in the month of July eighteen hundred & thirty six, and at New York
in the same month of the same year, Provided, That it shall appear to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of the Treasury that the said Railroad bars have been and are now
permanently laid down upon the railroad of the aforesaid company — except such part
thereof as was lost by the sinking of the steamboat Choctaw in an attempt to transport
the same from New Orleans to Bayou Sara.
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A Bill for the relief of the West Feliciana Rail Road company
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A. G. Brown
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H. R. Ways & Meanes.
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May 13. 1848
Mr A. G. Brown on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr A. G. Brown on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
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A Bill
for the relief of the West Feliciana Rail Road Company.
for the relief of the West Feliciana Rail Road Company.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB ,